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Knicks V Bobcats: Dec 4, 7:30 - What Are We To Expect?

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It's been a frustrating start to the season, don't we all know it. Now, as NYK fans' patience teeters on the edge of a knife, Michael Jordan's Bobcats are in town to make an attempt at adding to our woes.

Tonight, in front of what will potentially be a hostile MSG crowd, the time arises in which we'll...................

TAKE THE POWER BACK

We are a team that's in dire need of turning the tide. We can not continue to vie for supremacy with this soft, non team inclusive offense. Toughness, teamwork and a refusal to lose MUST be enforced by our Captains and our leaders on both ends of the floor.

BY YOU

BY YOU

AND ESPECIALLY BY YOU

THE CRAZY⑧S EXCLUSIVE FEATURE

◎KNOW YOUR ENEMY◎

知彼知己，百戰不殆；不知彼而知己，一勝一負；不知彼，不知己，每戰必殆It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if - like the Knicks - you do not know yourself nor your enemies, you will be imperiled in every single battle.

Bobcats' Numbers

So, as you can see, the Bobcats get the majority of their offensive production from their backcourt. They are heavy through the front court, and can impose their weight on opponents in the paint.

Players To Contain

Boris Diaw in particular has an incredibly versatile game, as the stats reflect, is a crafty defender, and defends the post reasonably well. Melo is a handful for him, and I believe he and Maggette will split the duties on guarding him.

Get to the stripe Melo!

THE STARTING五(5)

STAT

According to WikiLeaks, he brought Michelle Obama to orgasm anally. Nice one!

MELO

There are rumors that he once threw a midget in to the sun.

Laundry Folds

A reliable source has said that he was conceived as a twin, but ate the other post birth. Cool!

TD23

Some say Toney was tutored in passing by a Bonobo Chimp

The Man Handler

彼の金玉はちょっとまずい

CRAZY⑧S' KNICK ON UAV

Amar'e Stoudemire

In his 3 appearances thus far this season, the now 6'11", 260 pound, self proclaimed beast has been the most amicable defender in the game.

On several occasions, he has lost his defensive assignment, misconstrued communication on double teams, his timing has been horrendous, and he's traded positioning for attempts at blocking shots.

And that's just the defensive end.

STAT needs to bring it, and bring it hard. He has looked discombobulated on both ends, and though the offense leaves him to create for himself on a team with poor ball movement, he seems to think he's the second coming of George Gervin.

knicksonline.comPOSTER IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Red

Originally Posted by Red

All the more to scrub the floors with.

Would you rather...

Didn't think so.

SICK ****ER!

Despite the presence of one of the league’s top scorers in Carmelo Anthony, the New York Knicks have struggled offensively for the majority of the young season.

The return of Amare Stoudemire may help.

Stoudemire expects to be in the lineup Wednesday night when New York seeks to beat the Charlotte Bobcats at Madison Square Garden for the fourth straight time.

Anthony is averaging 27.0 points per game for the Knicks (2-3) after a 35-point performance in Monday’s 90-85 home defeat to Toronto. New York has scored 85 points or fewer in all three of its losses, and its 40.2 percent team field-goal percentage ranks near the bottom of the league.

Stoudemire has missed the last two games with a sprained left ankle, but said he’s excited to return to the court Wednesday. He’d averaged 17.3 points through the first three games.

“I can’t wait,” Stoudemire said. “It was tough watching (Monday), so I can’t wait to get back out there to really give us that push that we need.”

New York may also get a boost from the potentially surprising return of first-round draft pick Iman Shumpert, who coach Mike D’Antoni said will be a game-time decision.

Shumpert injured his knee in a collision during the Knicks’ season-opening win over Boston on Christmas Day and originally was expected to miss up to four weeks.

“I know we lost a game we should have won (Monday),” D’Antoni said. “But again, we’ve just got to hang in there, get through this period, get guys healthy, and then see what holes we have and see what we have to add to fix them. I asked my dog what he thought we should do, and he barked 3 times, meaning we should launch no less than 35-40 3s. I then masturbated to pictures of hogs."

Anthony is averaging 29.4 points in his last 11 games against Charlotte, which has lost four straight since a Dec. 26 season-opening win over Milwaukee.

The Bobcats (1-4) fell 115-101 at Cleveland on Tuesday despite 26 points from D.J. Augustin. Following a 96-95 loss to Miami on Dec. 28, Charlotte’s last three defeats have come by an average of 24.7 points.

“It’s just not gonna work if we don’t play hard all the time,” coach Paul Silas said. “We’re not talented enough to not play hard all the time. You can’t just give (the game) away and let it happen.”

Traveling to New York won’t make things any easier if recent history is any indication. The Bobcats have lost three straight at Madison Square Garden, where they are 3-9 all-time. However, the last five of those defeats at MSG have come by four points or fewer.

The Bobcats nearly overcame a 16-point deficit the last time they visited New York on Nov. 23, 2010, but came up short by a 110-107 score. Augustin scored 24 points in the loss.

Charlotte defeated the Knicks 114-106 at home March 26 despite a 36-point effort from Anthony.

What a douche!

Of course, this reminds of Michael Jordan's infamous catcall at late Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin from the 1998 lockout negotiations, when Jordan yelled, "If you can't make a profit, you should sell your team," at the longtime owner (Jordan has owned the Bobcats for 17 months, Pollin had owned his Wizards for three decades by that point). But that's neither here nor there for a pair of sides that have been duplicitous (though the owners are better at it) and unreliable (the players, 'natch) since "negotiations" began.

Beck went on to report the Jordan-led group of owners initially wanted to give the players just 37 percent of all income the league earns from people who pay money for things that are associated with basketball players playing basketball.

With or without Amare, this is a game we should win. If the Bobcats are able to contain our offense, then it will entirely be because we shot cold and refused to drive to the hoop. We've more or less shown an improved ability to hold other offenses at least in check this season and the Bobcats shouldn't prove to be any increased challenge for us. That said, biggest factor that should let us get the win tonight is if we can avoid that atrocious backcourt of Walker and Bibby. Break those two up with Fields, TD, Lin, or possibly Shump if he returns tonight and we should be okay.

game thread is a little excessive, this is the Bobcats we're talking about so theres really nothing to get pumped up about. I think the Knicks will win but no high expectations if they dont, the team will probably have to deal with adjustments again now if Sherbert and Renaissance Man return.

game thread is a little excessive, this is the Bobcats we're talking about so theres really nothing to get pumped up about

bad sperm! how dare you diss Crazy 8's genius game thread!
the man makes every game an event, filled with humor and information,
guaranteed to make your d*ck hard and fist pumped, or vice versa!

as Crazy would say, congrats, you're a douchebag!

amazing thread, as usual! looking forward to STAT getting back into the flow,
another fantesticle-coached game, and TONEY D and MELO grooving and moving.
"toughness, teamwork and refusal to lose"... GENIUS!

What to expect from the no-offensive/defensive-scheme Dantoni Knicks....
get the ball to $100M Melo on offense, and fake like your doing something on
defense.
I been watching the Knicks pass the ball to teammates wide on the peremeter
(3-ball line) the past 4 seasons, while Knicks oponents pass the ball to their
teammates inside 5 to 15 feet from the basket.

My optimistic expectation of another Knicks game in a close 66 game season
is not good as long as Mike Dantoni is the headcoach. None of Dantoni's philosophy
or coaching theories will never work successfully in a tight 66 game season without
half of the roster getting injured within 33 games. Small-rotation with small lineups
has been a big losing problem for this Knicks team.

We have a BIG 7.0 experience C-Tyson Chandler who can set wide screen picks for
peremeter shooters, cutters, and we have a bigbody 6.9 rookie Jorts who can make
it a double screen/pick to make sure a peremeter shooter or cutter is open. This type
of philosophy for our frontcourt bigmen will give the Knicks a 10+ win over the Bobcats.
We have not been using our bigmen correctly (Herb & Woodson know this),
while Dantoni & brother seems clueless making it a PG problem.
Why do u think CP3 were angry as hell when Hornets traded Tyson Chandler
wide screen body for Bobcats Okafor skinny frame body?

I am looking foward to see Kemba Walker who I believe were the best
athletic/creative PG in the 2011 draft-class....Kyrie & Knight were tied.
All three PG were not NBA ready to take on the role as a STARTER in their
rookie season, especially without any summer league games or summer-
training with their coaching-staff and fellow teammates.

The Knicks will not lose to Charlotte. The Bobcats heads are spinning worse than ours are right now. Do you honestly think Boris and Co. are going to be able to compete down low? Don't start with the "they are going to be around the perimeter all game" **** either. I'm willing to bet tonight Carmelo will score 30+ with the majority of points coming from the stripe / layups.